With every year a postseason drought may end while another will start. Some teams continue to excel while others keep drowning in their sorrows. A team may gain another ring while another team goes ring-less. With the season half way over and Olympic hockey going full speed, teams will be looking to keep their Lord Stanley dreams alive. Therefore, a drought is inevitable for every team this year... 

When the time is right there is nothing to do or say except to make the change.  It’s time to get the wrong person out of there and move someone else into place.  By their nature, however, midseason changes are a drastic move and should not be taken lightly.  The chemistry a team develops over the preseason and regular season flows over into the coaching staff as well.  By replacing the coaches... 

The Ringling Bros Circus comes into Chicago for two weeks and sends the Blackhawks packing for the duration. Riding the crest of a 4 game win streak, the young team braced themselves for the extended journey into the Great White North. The Hawks handed the high-flying Flames a 7-1 drubbing in Calgary on Thursday, and then brutalized the Edmonton Oilers Saturday evening 5-2 to extend the win streak... 

Marion Hossa has been working out with the team and even has begun to play amidst light contact scrimmages. The star winger won’t be rushed onto the ice at this time; the powers that make that call will be sure that he is 100 % before expecting him to do his magic. The team is sitting on top of their division and 3rd in the Western Conference without the Slovakian sniper. When the bell rings,... 

The Chicago Blackhawks have high expectations for the season, they expect to go to the Stanley cup finals and bring home the cup. Although they are tied for the lead at the moment, the strengths of this young team have been questioned, the goaltending in particular.  The duo of Cristobal Huet and Antti Niemi have been criticized by the analysts and raked over the coals by the panel of experts on... 

If the first month of the 2009-10 NHL season has taught hockey fans anything, it’s to forget expectations. The standings have seemingly flip-flopped from last year, as several teams that were considered DOA have instead been stubborn SOBs. And while there is an eastern European atop the scoring leader chart, it’s not the one everyone would expect. Among the early surprises thus far: •... 

It was the worst of times and it was the best of times Monday night in Chicago as the Blackhawks pulled off the greatest comeback in the history of the franchise. The Calgary Flames attacked with an angry vengeance in the first period.  The Hawks became the victims of a couple of good plays and a few bad bounces, toss in some mediocre goal-tending, and within 53 seconds the Flames scored 3 goals... 

Aaron Johnson played in 38 games for Chicago last season; scoring 3 goals, adding 5 assists, and had a +19 rating to go along with 33 penalty minutes.  Read More →